WWUS85 KPUB 150607
RFWPUB

URGENT - FIRE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Pueblo CO
1207 AM MDT Wed Apr 15 2026

COZ220>222-224>237-152215-
/O.CON.KPUB.FW.A.0035.260416T1700Z-260417T0300Z/
Upper Arkansas River Valley Including Lake County and Chaffee
County-
Teller County/Rampart Range Including Pikes Peak and Florissant
Fossil Beds National Monument-
Fremont County Including Canon City/Howard/Texas Creek-
San Luis Valley Including Alamosa/Del Norte/Fort Garland/Saguache-
Southern Front Range Including Sangre De Cristo Mountains/Wet
Mountains/La Veta Pass-
Northern El Paso County Including Monument and Black Forest-
Southern El Paso County Including Fort Carson and Colorado
Springs-Pueblo County Including Pueblo-
Huerfano County Including Walsenburg-
Western Las Animas County Including Trinidad and Thatcher-
Crowley County Including Ordway-
Otero County Including La Junta and Western Comanche Grasslands-
Eastern Las Animas County Including Pinon Canyon-
Kiowa County Including Eads-Bent County Including Las Animas-
Prowers County Including Lamar-
Baca County Including Springfield and Eastern Comanche Grasslands-
1207 AM MDT Wed Apr 15 2026

...FIRE WEATHER WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING
THROUGH THURSDAY EVENING FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 220, 221, 222,
224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236,
AND 237...

* AFFECTED AREA...Fire Weather Zones 220, 221, 222, 224, 225,
  226, 227, 228, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236 and 237.

* TIMING...From Thursday morning through Thursday evening.

* WINDS...Southwest 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 40 mph.

* RELATIVE HUMIDITY...As low as 7 percent.

* IMPACTS...Elevated fire danger is expected. Fires will catch
  and spread rapidly and erratically.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Fire Weather Watch means that critical fire weather conditions
are forecast to occur. Listen for later forecasts and possible
Red Flag Warnings.

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